Assignment 3: Progress Report

Description
Write a report about the progress of your analytical report. Use either memo or business letter format, depending on whether you are writing your report to an internal or external audience. Describe the work completed, the work in progress, the work remaining, and give an appraisal of your progress. The grade on this assignment will count 5% of your final course grade. The assignment is due on December 19 .

Tasks
  • Identify the primary audience for your project and address the project report to this audience.
  • Decide on the appropriate format for the progress report. For an internal audience, usually it is best to write a memo, and for an external audience, it is best to write a business letter.
  • Decide on what kinds of information can best be included in a graphic. Many students update the graphic of the project schedule they created for the proposal and include that updated graphic in the progress report.
  • Complete a draft of the progress report based on the requirements below for length and format.
  • If you want feedback on the rough draft, send a copy to the instructor as an e-mail attachment before the due date for the assignment

Length and Format
  • The progress report should be in the form of a memo or a business letter.
  • The minimum length for the progress report is one page, single-spaced without graphics and double-spaced between paragraphs. If the progress report includes a graphic, the report should be at least 1 and 1/2 pages long, single-spaced and double-spaced between paragraphs.
  • The progress report should include the following sections:

    Introduction - identifying your project, its purpose, and other special information

    Work Completed - describing work completed up to now

    Work in Progress - identifying what you are currently working on

    Work Remaining - discussing what still needs to be done

    Appraisal - describing any problems or successes you have encountered.

  • The progress report should include appropriate subheadings and can include a graphic.

Example
A progress report written for the course may be found at http://polaris.umuc.edu/%7Enhoaglan/COMM393X/assign3ex.htm . A copy is also available in Course Module 2.

Submission
  • Submit the progress report as an attached file by December 19 to the WebTycho Assignments folder. If you are using Microsoft Word, you can submit your assignment as a .doc file. If you are not using Word, you can submit your assignment as a.txt (text) file or .rtf file, although some formating will be lost when I open the file. If you have Adobe Acrobat, you can submit your work as a .pdf file. Please note that you can no longer attach .html files in WebTycho.